# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 72
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1426 "2020-10-22T00:03:52Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > He was wearing a SUIT!!! BE OUTRAGED!!!- But was it a TAN suit? If so, “Lock him up!” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1427 "2020-10-22T04:42:38Z")
Armed guards at an early voting place in Florida claim they were hired by the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign denies it. > **[Trump spokesperson says armed guards outside St. Pete polling place were not...](https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/armed-guards-at-st-pete-early-voting-site-told-deputies-they-were-hired-by-trump-campaign-election-officials-say/)** > > A spokesperson for President Donald Trump’s campaign says two people who were dressed as armed security guards outside a Pinellas County early voting location on Wednesday were not hired by t… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1428 "2020-10-22T11:18:13Z")
I can see this going either way. The Trump campaign lying about it is always #1, but some Trump supporter claiming to be official and doing his part to prevent voter fraud by hiring the guards himself is not out of the question. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1429 "2020-10-22T16:34:14Z")
Trump released the video of his _60 Minutes_ interview; I don’t think it’s going to have the effect he thinks it will have. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1430 "2020-10-22T17:50:53Z")
An Individual 1 supporter with a verified Twitter account thinks it’s appropriate to criticize Biden for kissing his son. It did not go well for him. [Trump Supporter Faces Backlash For Asking If Joe Biden Kissing Hunter Is 'Appropriate'](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-supporter-backlash-joe-biden-kissing-hunter-1541223)? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1431 "2020-10-22T18:13:18Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Trump released the video of his _60 Minutes_ interview; I don’t think it’s going to have the effect he thinks it will have. Among other things, he included a moment where he needs both hands to lift a small water glass (the sort of clutter that surely won’t be left in the network edit, but is now presented for all to see and contemplate what it implies about his health). > ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1432 "2020-10-22T18:53:09Z")
Not really an idea “of the day,” but definitely stupid and 99% Republican: > **[Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in...](https://www.theverge.com/c/21507966/foxconn-empty-factories-wisconsin-jobs-loophole-trump)** > > The two-year charade that upended people’s lives > This steadfast rejection of reality is where the Foxconn debacle stands apart from other development projects that fall short of their hype. The company’s desperate quest to maintain appearances caused it to fail repeatedly and in ways more destructive than mere ordinary failure would have been: local businesses were strung along, civil servants spent years figuring out what the company is doing, residents were removed from land the company didn’t need, and again and again recruits were lured in by the vision of a grand manufacturing renaissance in Wisconsin. > > The illusion was defended by GOP officials at all levels of government, from Mount Pleasant to the State Assembly to the White House, who accused anyone pointing out that the project was off track of trying to scuttle it for partisan ends, as if the existence of the factory were open to debate and positive thinking might make it real. > > But in actual reality, the project has succeeded in manufacturing mostly this: an endless supply of wonderful things for the President to promise his supporters. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1433 "2020-10-22T19:01:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > > Trump released the video of his _60 Minutes_ interview; I don’t think it’s going to have the effect he thinks it will have. > > Among other things, he included a moment where he needs both hands to lift a small water glass (the sort of clutter that surely won’t be left in the network edit, but is now presented for all to see and contemplate what it implies about his health). The other good thing is that he released it early enough that Saturday Night Live can incorporate a parody of the interview in its show this Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1434 "2020-10-22T19:28:43Z")
My question on the project was that, even if all had gone as promised, then it would have cost several hundred thousand dollars per job created. I don’t know how the economics of that are supposed to work out in our favor. Of course, they didn’t create but a handful of makework jobs in order to try to qualify for subsidies, and ended up costing taxpayers $400 million to set up infrastructure for this plant, that will never get used, and quite a number of people were thrown out of their homes in order to make room for it. The eminent domain didn’t really work out in homeowner’s favor. Sounds like the wealthier areas were able to make out well, selling to the govt for well above market value, but the less affluent areas were not so lucky, and largely lost value. This is what Republicans mean when they say that they are for small, fiscally sound government. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1435 "2020-10-22T19:36:24Z")
Another familiar Republican tactic: Fucking things up and then blaming the Democrats who take over for the fallout. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1436 "2020-10-22T19:58:10Z")
John Cornyn’s latest line of attack: M. J. Hegar is too potty-mouthed to be acceptable to the delicate refined folk of Texas. > ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1437 "2020-10-22T20:12:33Z")
Lest we forget, Texas, and Gov. Abbott, still hates teh gays: [Texas State Board of Social Workers voted unanimously last week to remove protections regarding sexual orientation, gender identity and disability status from the official code of conduct.](https://www.reformaustin.org/texas-legislature/texas-social-workers-fight-removal-of-protections/). ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1438 "2020-10-22T20:39:39Z")
Mobile home park owner in Colorado tells his tenants that he will double their rent if Biden wins. He’s been referred to the state Attorney General for voter intimidation. [https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/local-politics/trailer-park-biden-voter-intimidation-letter/](https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/local-politics/trailer-park-biden-voter-intimidation-letter/) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1439 "2020-10-22T20:52:40Z")
Hegar responds: > ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1440 "2020-10-22T21:07:37Z")
Giuliani says it was all just a “hit job.” Well, he certainly ought to know all about hit jobs. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1441 "2020-10-22T21:14:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mobile home park owner in Colorado tells his tenants that he will double their rent if Biden wins. He’s been referred to the state Attorney General for voter intimidation. > [https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/local-politics/trailer-park-biden-voter-intimidation-letter/](https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/local-politics/trailer-park-biden-voter-intimidation-letter/) Getting a 404 Here’s a different link. [https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/trailer-park-biden-voter-intimidation-letter/73-56daf9cd-5eb8-49eb-a768-4e3cb08640a3](https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/trailer-park-biden-voter-intimidation-letter/73-56daf9cd-5eb8-49eb-a768-4e3cb08640a3) ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1442 "2020-10-22T21:29:48Z")
I wonder if he will stick to his promise to not raise rent for 2 years if Trump is reelected. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1443 "2020-10-22T21:33:31Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I wonder if he will stick to his promise to not raise rent for 2 years if Trump is reelected Hopefully (and apparently likely) we will never find out. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1444 "2020-10-22T21:34:33Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Lest we forget, Texas, and Gov. Abbott, still hates teh gays: > > [Texas State Board of Social Workers voted unanimously last week to remove protections regarding sexual orientation, gender identity and disability status from the official code of conduct.](https://www.reformaustin.org/texas-legislature/texas-social-workers-fight-removal-of-protections/). That part about disability status, at least, would seem to run afoul of the Americans With Disabilities Act. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1445 "2020-10-22T21:36:56Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > That part about disability status, at least, would seem to run afoul of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Isn’t the governor in a wheel chair? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=73)